Improvement in devices for washing piece goods



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Device for Washing Piece Goods.

No. 204,938. Patented June18,l878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

SATTERLEE ARNOLD, OF LANSINGBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR WASHING PIECE GOODS.

Specification forming part of Letters .Patent No- 204,938, dated June18, 1878; application filed February 27, 1878.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SATTERLEE ARNOLD, of the village of Lansingburg,county of Bensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new Devicefor Washing Piece Goods, Piece Knit Fabrics, and other articles, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a manner and meansv for washing in the pieceknit fabrics or piece;

woolen goods, and, by the same means and method, wool, raw cotton, paperstock, and other articles.

The object of the invention is to automatically supply to the device thematerial or fab: ric to be treated in alternating portions, so as tomake the process continuous, and to avoid the knotty distortion andlongitudinal tension produced upon the fabric by fulling-mills and otherdevices employed for washing purposes, in which the whole piece is undertreatment at one time.

It is also one of the objects of my invention to combine a rubbing andsqueezing means to operate upon the material being washed instead of apounding or beating motion alone, as the former better facilitates thefalling of the fabric while it is under the influence of soap and hotwater.

My invention consists in combining with an elevating or delivery trougha reciprocating piston-foot working in the trough, in connection with asupply-aperture opening into the latter, and opposite the line of thepiston motion, by means of which the fabric or material to be washed mayenter the trough, to be rubbed andsqueezed by the reciprocatingpiston-foot, and forced into and through the elevating or deliverytrough.

My invention further consists in combining with a washing-tub aconnected elevating or delivery trough containing a supply-opening and areciprocating piston or plunger foot, which moves in the trough at ornear the supply-opening, andthat rubs and squeezes the material to bewashed, and forces the same ahead of and beyond the piston-foot into andthrough the trough.

My invention also consists in combining with awashing-tub or inclosurefor containing washing-liquid a receiving-hopper and a connectedelevating or delivery trough, a reciprocating upturned plunger-footworking in the trough at or near the hopper-opening, and, by means of areciprocating rod operating outside of the trough, with two engagingsqueez- K ing or wringer rollers, through which and between which thefabric is passed to the receiving-hopper from the elevating-trough whenthe two ends of the piece fabric have been tied for the purpose ofcontinuing and repeating the operation of washing and wringing orsqueezing automatically.

My invention further consists in combining with a washing-tub having areceiving-hopper and a connected elevating or delivery trough areciprocating rubbing piston-foot and actuating reciprocating plungerwith two engaging rollers, a stripping-bar placedin a stationaryposition and parallel to the rollers, over which bar the piece fabricmust pass when returning to the hopper after having passed through therollers.

My invention also consists in connecting the elevating-trough atitsupper end with the receiving-hopper by means of a curved spout, sothat when wool, raw cotton, paper-stock, or other like material thatcannot be connected and made continuou's like piece fabrics, is beingwashed, it may automatically be elevated from the liquid and fall fromthe spout into the receiving-hopper to repeat the operation of washing.

My invention further consists in forming ratchet recesses or steps inthe wall or walls of the elevating-trough, so that the steps or recessesformed will partially hold up the mass of fabric or material beingelevated, and prevent its weight from acting upon the upturned rubbingreciprocating foot in its descent.

My invention also consists in combining with a washing-tub or receptaclea supplyhopper, an elevating or delivery trough, connected, by means ofan aperture formed at the bottom of the former and opening into theupper side of the latter near its end, with a reciprocating upturnedplunger-foot working in the bottom of the trough and across the aperturewhich connects the hopper and trough, actuated by a plunger-rod workingoutside of the trough, and the upturned foot attached to the plunger-rodand formed topass around the lower wall of the delivery-trough and turnup across the supply-opening, connecting the latterwith the hopper andtwo engaging squeezing-rollers, a stripping-bar stationary andzparallelto the rollers, with the latter actuated; by a belt from the main shaftor pulley that moves the reciprocating plunger.

1n the accompanying drawings there are three illustrations of myinvention, in all of which the same reference letters designate the sameparts.

Figure 1 exhibits a view in perspective of a washing-tub, in iwhich thedischargingtrough, rollers, and plungerjare shown, with the means ofactuating the reciprocating plunger by means of a crank motion. Fig. 2illustrates a vertical section of the same application, taken on theline X X of Fig. 1, in

which the walls of the tub and the fhopper and its connections with theelevating delivery-trough is shown, and also the position of theupturned rubbing-foot attached to the lower end of the reciprocating rodwhich actuates it; also the plunger space in the tub below thedelivery-opening of the hopper, together with the ratchet formed stepsor recesses in the trough. Fig. 3 exhibits a vertical section of thedevice shown in Fig. 1, taken on the line X X, with the wringing orsqueezing rollers omitted, and the elevatingtrough curved upward andtoward the hopper, so as to discharge its contents into it for thecontinuous washing of other material than piece fabrics.

The various parts of the device are designated by letter reference, asfollows: B denotes the tub; D, aportion of the trough below theelevating delivery part; T, the elevatingtrough; W, the wheel whichactuates the plunger O by means of the crank-shaft or pitman J andcrank-pin R. P designates the pulley by which motive power iscommunicated; P, a roller for the cloth to pass over when being firstdrawn through the rollers It and R" to the hopper; P, the upturned footof the piston or plunger having the rubbing-surface M and the pushingend surface M" for squeezing the fabric or material and forcing it intoand through the trough, where the beveled recesses m m m m hold thematerial in place and keep the mass from falling down with the descentof the plunger. When the end of the piece fabric first inserted has comeup through the elevating-trough the two ends are tied and the deviceautomatically passes the fabric through the process for such time as maybe desirable. The course and direction of the fabric, as described, areshown at Fig. 2 by the letters 1) p p p.

This device will be found very useful for washing wool, raw cotton,paper-stock, and other substances, in which case the rollers will bedispensed with and the elevating dischargetrough carried up and overtoward the hopper-mouth, so as to return the material automatically forcontinuous washing, as shown at s", Fig. 3.

While I have illustrated my arrangement of a hopper and trough connectedby an aperture, with the sides of the two making an acute angle at thepoint of union, and the leading feature of the invention being thecombination of the elevating or delivery trough with a supply-apertureformed in the latter, and a reciprocating plunger foot moving across thesupply-aperture, and so as to rub and squeeze the material to be washed,as well as to push the same through the trough, it is plain that thesame purpose can be accomplished by combining a hopper and trough atright angles, or in any position where the hopper and trough canconnect.

It is also true that, so far as washing piece fabrics is concerned, theleading feature of the invention will be preserved if the hopper beentirely omitted, and a simple supply opening be formed in the trough,and so located with reference to the piston-foot that the latter shallrub the fabric when entering the trough by its reciprocating motion, andshall intermittently squeeze the same as it pushes it ahead of thepiston-foot into and through the trough.

While I have shown and described a pistonfoot actuated by means of a rodmoving along the outside wall of the trough, with the plunger piston-endturned up around the Wall of the trough to enter the latter at its end,the same effect will be produced by the combined trough supply-apertureand piston-foot moving in the trough, when the foot is made toreciprocate by any of the well-known mechanical means employed toproduce such a' motion, and whether the foot be made to turn up into thetrough or to work directly from the end of a reciprocating rod.

Having thus described my invention and its application, what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- I. In a washing apparatus,the combination of an elevating or delivery trough, a supplyapertureformed in the latter, and a reciprocating piston-foot working in thetrough opposite the aperture to rub the material being washed, also tosqueeze the same by an alternatin g intermittent pressure, and so as toforce the material into and through the trough, as shown and described.

2. In combination and arranged within a W shing tub or vessel, avertical receiving hopper opening into an elevating or dischargingtrough, having beveled cross-recesses or ratchet-formed steps arrangedupon itswalls with a reciprocating plunger-foot that rubs the. materialto be washed and squeezes the same by an alternating intermittentpressure, and forces the material into and through the trough, as hereindescribed and shown.

- 3. In combination with a washing tub or vessel, the vertical hopper H,plunger-space D", elevating-trough T, with its cross-recesses or beveledsteps on m m m, the upturned phmger-footP, actuating plunger-rod O,crankshaft J, crank-pin B, wheel W, engaging-rolL pressure, and forcesthe same into the trough, with the latter curved upward and forward, andso as to discharge the material into the hopper to repeat the washing,as herein shown and described.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 15th day of February, 1878.

SATTERLEE ARNOLD. Witnesses:

BERNARD BLAIR, M. H. HORAN.

